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Samantha van Leer @samanthavanleer.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

NEW COVER REVEAL for Finding the Lost One paperback and book 2: Consuming the Universe!

Samantha van Leer @samanthavanleer.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

✨NOW BOOKING 2026-2027 SCHOOL YEAR✨ Message me/go to my website to schedule an author visit from me 🤗 My chats are specific to your group (age, needs, and practicing skills). ‼️Maine and Pennsylvania‼️ I am on your state reading lists this year and would love to visit your schools to celebrate 🥳

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Samantha van Leer @samanthavanleer.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

As a former teacher there is something extra special about having my book chosen as a teacher favorite 🥰

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Samantha van Leer @samanthavanleer.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Thank you Keystone State Literacy Association for choosing The Extraterrestrial Zoo for the Keystone to Reading Book Award list! It is such an honor to see my book popping up on these state reading lists among these other incredible authors 👽

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Samantha van Leer @samanthavanleer.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

So honored that The Extraterrestrial Zoo: Finding the Lost One was selected for the 2026-2027 Maine Student Book Award reading list! My FMC, Ava, would be proud her story is on her home state’s reading list!

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Samantha van Leer @samanthavanleer.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Find me @librarypalooza.bsky.social today! Lunch session and breakout session will be different talks and reading different chapters! Perhaps join both 🙃

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Samantha van Leer @samanthavanleer.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

If you’re in the #sanantonio area come on by! I’ll be doing a short read aloud of #TheExtraterrestrialZoo and a fun writing and drawing activity for all ages.

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Samantha van Leer @samanthavanleer.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Lot’s happening this month! Come say hi 👋

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Samantha van Leer @samanthavanleer.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

📚JANUARY PICK 📚 My Allstora book club, Raising Readers, will be kicking off with a book near and dear to me🙋‍♀️ The Extraterrestrial Zoo: Finding the Lost One! This is the first book in my new mg sci-fi series. Join my club and get your signed copy and book club guide. See you next month ✌️

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Samantha van Leer @samanthavanleer.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

So excited to announce my collaboration with Allstora! Join my book club Raising Readers to get diverse, incredible, own voice children’s and middle grade books delivered to your door step! 🔗 link in bio!

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Samantha van Leer @samanthavanleer.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

✨ BIG ANNOUNCEMENT COMING✨ Check my socials December 1st for some fun news! And perhaps the perfect holiday gift for the parent or educator in your life 🎁

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Samantha van Leer @samanthavanleer.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

New Website Alert! Check out my new website where you can learn about me, purchase my books, link to watch/listen/or buy rights to the Between the Lines Musical, and book me for an author visit. Check it out now! www.Samanthavanleer.com

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Samantha van Leer, Author

New York Times Best Selling Author of Between the Lines,Off the Page, and The Extraterrestrial Zoo series.

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Samantha van Leer @samanthavanleer.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

🍎TEACHERS🍏 No better way to start the new year than an author talk! Book me for a visit through my website (link in bio). 💻:virtual options available as well ✨I have Special Ed certification k-8 and can cater my talks to the specific needs of your classroom.✨

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Samantha van Leer @samanthavanleer.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

🎧 SHE’S HERE! 📚 The audiobook of The Extraterrestrial Zoo is OUT NOW! Nothing says summer like listening to a story about aliens by the pool. So sit back, relax, and let your ears do the reading. 😎 #audiobook #scifi #mglit #summerreading

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Samantha van Leer @samanthavanleer.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

@jedlie.bsky.social thanks for having me on the Reading With Your Kids Podcast! Listen along to the incredible @michellebarrybooks.bsky.social and I talk about our latest series and what it’s like to write in the middle-grade science-fiction genre. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

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Beyond the Stars: Writing Science Fiction for Young Readers

Podcast Episode · Reading With Your Kids Podcast · 06/15/2025 · 56m

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Samantha van Leer @samanthavanleer.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

My 2025-2026 calendar is filling up fast! Want me to come speak (in person or virtually) to your class next year? Book me through my website! samanthavanleer.wixsite.com/website

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Samantha van Leer @samanthavanleer.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

✨AUDIOBOOK✨ coming to headphones near you. Pre-order today! www.audible.com/pd/B0F7J5JQQ... #aubiobook #scifi #preorder #middlegradebooks #summerreads

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Samantha van Leer @samanthavanleer.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

🚀 TAKING OFF THIS SUMMER? I’ve got your summer travels covered! My middle grade sci-fi adventure novel, The Extraterrestrial Zoo: Finding the Lost One, comes out THIS JUNE on audiobook. It’s got enough twists and turns to keep everyone entertained…even for those long car rides. #mglit #scifi

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Samantha van Leer @samanthavanleer.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Come back Friday for a little 📖📚 surprise!

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Samantha van Leer @samanthavanleer.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Support a local author, celebrate #FiestaSanAntonio, walk the farmers market, and support an indie bookstore all in one day! Catch me @thetwigbookshop.bsky.social this Sunday. ✨bonus points if you bring me a dog to pet✨

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Samantha van Leer @samanthavanleer.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

You know you're brave when you project a photo of yourself at 13 in front of a class of high school students. #schoolvisits #author #middlegradebooks #YA

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Samantha van Leer @samanthavanleer.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Catch me this Sunday 11:00-1:00 @thetwigbookshop.bsky.social signing copies of my latest book The Extraterrestrial Zoo: Finding the Lost One! Enjoy the farmer's market, explore Fiesta, and grab a middle grader in your life a new sci-fi adventure! thetwig.com/event/2025-0...

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Samantha van Leer, "Extraterrestrial Zoo! #1 Finding the Lost One"

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John Schu @mrschureads.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

"The Extraterrestrial Zoo: Finding the Lost One tells the story of thirteen-year-old Ava, who helps run her family’s zoo, where all the alien creatures who have been sent to Earth are cared for and kept." — @samanthavanleer.bsky.social mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-...

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The Extraterrestrial Zoo: Finding the Lost One by Samantha van Leer

Happy Thursday! I'm grateful Samantha van Leer stopped by Watch. Connect. Read. to finish my sentences. We discussed Ava, ELBs, musicals, an...

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John Schu @mrschureads.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

"Musicals make life more interesting. Adapting my two books, Between the Lines and Off the Page, into an off-Broadway musical was truly an experience I never expected to have." — @samanthavanleer.bsky.social mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-... @jodipicoult.bsky.social

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John Schu @mrschureads.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

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The Extraterrestrial Zoo: Finding the Lost One by Samantha van Leer

Happy Thursday! I'm grateful Samantha van Leer stopped by Watch. Connect. Read. to finish my sentences. We discussed Ava, ELBs, musicals, an...

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Laura Gross Literary Agency @lgliterary.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

“Sorry, but we don’t do aliens,” is what @samanthavanleer.bsky.social heard from publishers who were considering her novel THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL ZOO. Now, her book is recommended by School Library Journal. Read her take on Middle Grade sci-fi in the SLJ ⤵️ teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/03/04/a...

Samantha van Leer appears at the Texas Library Association's annual conference. A woman with shoulder-length brown hair is seated at a table on which stands the aquamarine cover of her book.

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Samantha van Leer @samanthavanleer.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Thank you @mystgalaxybooks.bsky.social for having me in your store! If you want a signed copy of The Extraterrestrial Zoo: Finding the Lost One head on over!

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Samantha van Leer @samanthavanleer.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Off to #TLADALLAS! Come hear me chat tomorrow at the High Octane World of Young Readers panel moderated by @thenextgenlib.bsky.social 12:30-1:30 Or get a book signed at 3:30!

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Bookstr @bookstr.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

We had a great time hearing from @samanthavanleer.bsky.social with her latest "The Extraterrestrial Zoo: Finding the Lost One." 🛸 [🎨 Graphics by: Lindsey Welch | 🖋️ Outreach & Article by: Cara Broel (@thebabybookworm.bsky.social)] 📚💙 #OneOnOne #Interview #Infographic Check this out ⬇️

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Samantha van Leer @samanthavanleer.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Check out my latest interview with @bookstr.bsky.social where I discuss my newest book The Extraterrestrial Zoo: Finding the Lost One! Dive deep into the main character, Ava, learn about the inspiration behind the series, and read why we need to engage young readers in tough conversations.

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John Schu @mrschureads.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Happy book birthday to @samanthavanleer.bsky.social's The Extraterrestrial Zoo!

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Laura Gross Literary Agency @lgliterary.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

So excited to receive these advance copies of THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL ZOO. A deliciously entertaining and enlightening story for middle graders. Coming ** next Tuesday ** from @samanthavanleer.bsky.social Samantha van Leer and Pixel + Ink!

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Samantha van Leer @samanthavanleer.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Excited to be Amazon's March Editor Pick!

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Samantha van Leer @samanthavanleer.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Thanks for the Review! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Samantha van Leer @samanthavanleer.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

✨ONE MORE WEEK TO PREORDER✨ Follow the link on my website to submit your receipt and get a FREE zookeeper patch. All the cool kids are wearing them 😎 #mglit #scifi #middlegradebooks

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Samantha van Leer @samanthavanleer.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

The pre-order campaign has launched!! Order your copy of my latest book The Extraterrestrial Zoo: Finding the Lost One out MARCH 4th. #middlegrade #mgbooks #scifi #holidayhouse #pixelandinkpublishing

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